illume

American  

[ih-loom] / ɪˈlum /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

illumed, illuming

1. to illuminate.

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illume British  

/ ɪˈluːm /

verb

1. (tr) a poetic word for illuminate

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Other Word Forms

• unillumed adjective

Etymology

Origin of illume

First recorded in 1595–1605; short for illumine

Example Sentences

And as I paced the lonely room, I wonder'd how that holy ray Could with its light a world illume So fill'd with falsehood and decay.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various

Anon the cave appeared when moonbeams would its depths illume, A fairy hall of diamond, anon, a ghastly tomb.

From Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I by Halidom, M. Y.

Three candles that illume every darkness: truth, nature, knowledge.

From Ancient Irish Poetry by Various

That Friend shall thus each tear illume, To forms of glory shape that gloom.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John

Shall I tell thee now All that I think of, when, by land and sea, The days and nights illume the world for me?

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric